As engineering leaders, we’re expected to be confident, decisive, and clear — even when we’re privately questioning ourselves. Self-doubt doesn’t disappear with seniority; it shows up in high-stakes meetings, delayed decisions, and softened feedback. In this talk, Natalia introduces the Confidence Debugging Framework (CDF) — a practical, engineering-inspired approach to understanding and handling self-doubt in leadership. Treating confidence like a system, the framework helps leaders identify confidence failures, trace their root causes, and apply targeted fixes that stick.